Identification hub cap



` sept. 25, 19571 N. J, ZAGOTTI IDENTIFICATION HUB CAP Filed July 1e, 1947 DOE IN VEN TOR.

ATTE! RN EYB Patented Sept. 25, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IDENTIFICATION HUB CAP Nick J. Zagotti, Ford City, Pa.

Application July 16, 1947, Serial No. 761,230

1 Claim. (Cl. 411-129) This invention relates to automobile hub caps and more particularly for a means for supporting a card or plate within the same to indicate the ownership and license number of the car.

It is an object of the present inventionto provide an identification card yholder which can be disposed on the inside of a hub cap and protected from the elements and at the same time made easily accessible to persons desiring to learn the identication of the car and its ownership.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is an elevational view looking into the interior of a hub cap and upon the identication card and its retaining means thereupon.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view 4taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the figures, I represents a hub cap having an inner face I I to which is connected a frame I3 of such dimension as to receive a card I4 bearing the identification of the automobile and other information. This information may include the make and engine number of the car, name and address of the owner, and any other identication means, and this may be typed or printed on the card I4 a duplicate of which is forwarded to some central oce. card may be removed or destroyed and still a record of the car will remain in the central. o'ice. With the information on the car placed upon the engine and in such places whereby it can be easily destroyed, it is difficult to place new identication indicia upon the car and have oftcial notice thereof in a central office.

The frame is rectangular shape having side and end members and a continuous groove is provided around the inner edges of the members with an opening through one of the members providing means for inserting a card therein.

The ordinary embossed identication plate which ordinarily has to be soldered or spot welded to the car can be dispensed with. The pres-y The ent holder is welded or secured to the inner face of the hub cap and is adapted to retain the identifica-tion card I4. The card can be slid into the frame I3 lfrom one end and will be retained against removal from either the end or from the top yby spring clips I5 bearing against the front 0f the card. The opening in the frame will `be at the location of the spring clips as at I6.

While various changes may be made in the detailed construction and arrangement, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

In a hub cap identification device, the combination which comprises a motor vehicle hub cap having an arcuate outer wall, a rectangular-shape frame having side and end bars positioned against the inner surface of the outer Wall of the hub cap, with longitudinally disposed grooves in the inner edges and rear surfaces of the side bars, with the bar in one end of the frame rectangular shape in cross section and having spaced inwardly extended spring clips thereon for resiliently urging a card in the frame the edges of which are positioned in the grooves of the side bars against the inner surface of the arcuate outer wall of the hub cap, and with the end bar in the opposite end of the frame having a card receiving recess in the under surface thereof through which a card may be inserted and removed in and from the frame.

NICK J. ZAGOTTI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,500,884 Murnin July 8, 1924 1,573,447 Prewitt Feb. 16, 1926 1,632,504 Preston June 14, 1927 1,773,480 Flint Aug. 19, 1930 2.014.058 Tona Sept. 10. 1935 

